Flash loan >$10M targeting protocol tokens

Axelar Network's assessment for RD-F-100 — scored not_applicable on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Flash-loan attacks target oracle manipulation or governance quorum manipulation. Axelar's bridge verification is validator-quorum based (Cosmos PoS); flash loans cannot manipulate the multisig signing or Cosmos consensus quorum. The signal is not applicable to the core bridge security path. Applicable only to peripheral interactions (GasService fee manipulation) which do not threaten TVL. T-09 phase-2 signal even for applicable protocols.

Sources #

Docs
Axelar Security Overview — quadratic votingAxelar security model — quadratic voting on staked AXL, not flash-loanable governanceretrieved 2026-05-17

Methodology #

Detect whether a flash loan >$10M denominated in protocol tokens or LP tokens has originated, likely to interact with this protocol.

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol axelar factor RD-F-100 score not_applicable collected_at 2026-05-16 21:57:49